The Resume

(December 16, 1928-March 2, 1982)
Raised in Berkeley, California and Washington, D.C.
Wrote 'The Man in the High Castle (1962),' 'Martian Time Slip (1964),' 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965),' 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968),' 'Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)' and 'A Scanner Darkly (1977)'
Nickname was 'Jim'

Why he might be annoying:

He was a drug addict.
He married and divorced five times.
He married his first wife just to prove to his mom that he wasn't gay.
He cheated on his second wife with a neighbor.
He believed his third wife was trying to kill him.
He was paranoid, believing the CIA and the Black Panthers were out to get him.
He kept a large number of cats in his house.
He wrote a lot of crappy stories just for the money.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a premature baby.
His twin sister died as a baby, due to their mother's neglect.
His better books are considered sci-fi classics.
His stories criticize government, censorship and McCarthyite politics.
He loved classical music.
The films 'Blade Runner,' 'Total Recall' and 'Minority Report' are based on his writings.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12161928)
• Dicks and Johnsons
• I am an Adulterer
• I am from Chicago
• I Are a Schizophrenic
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 53)
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Married in 1973
• I Write Sci-Fi
• Influenced by Teilhard de Chardin
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Profiles 12751-13000 (Ranked: 12947)
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Twins
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 4]
• Wizard Beards
• Writers and Editors War Tax Protest Pledge Signers [January 30, 1968]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 43 Votes: 55.81% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 51.35% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 56.83% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 281 Votes: 49.47% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 88 Votes: 37.50% Annoying